Danny Toma

A unique approach to the Holy Rosary!
The author, Danny Toma—a former United States Foreign Service officer, author of two books on America’s recent foreign policy, and convert—provides a fresh perspective to the Holy Rosary, the hallmark devotion of Catholics worldwide.

The author begins with an examination of the Rosary’s form—its beads and prayers—both historically and spiritually, then the Mysteries and how they apply to our daily lives. Mr. Toma also devotes a chapter to the Promises of the Rosary.

Most importantly, as Mr. Toma demonstrates throughout his unique approach to explaining our Lady’s Psalter:
“On one level, the prayers of the Rosary are indeed simple—they are easily memorized, even by children, and once we have done so, it is almost impossible to ever forget them. This is actually one of the marvels of the Rosary, because it is so accessible to even the humblest believer. I can pray these prayers without a doctorate in theology or an intense reading of papal encyclicals, and my offering to God, through His Holy Mother, is every bit as acceptable as the most erudite prayer that could be composed. At the same time, these prayers contain a hidden complexity upon which the greatest of saints could spend their entire lives in meditation.”

After the Introduction, chapters explore the following topics to provide a better appreciation of the Holy Rosary:
The Beads
The Prayers
The Mysteries
The Relationship Between the Mysteries
The Conclusion (of the Rosary)
The Promises of the Rosary
Conclusion (a heart-felt plea from the author to encourage Catholics to increase their devotion to the Holy Rosary)
Postscript (the author’s brief recounting of his conversion to Catholicism through the Rosary)

Though only 80 pages, this is the kind of book that can be read again and again by Catholics to deepen their devotion to the sacred mysteries in the lives of our Lord and Lady through her Holy Rosary.

80 pages, navigational menu, 3.5mb.
ISBN: 979-8-9855331-6-3
 
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Fr. Thomas Kocik, Tremunt Potestates substack
Catholic tradition never separates the Mother from the Son. In the mysteries of the Rosary, as in the pages of the New Testament, we see the incomparable spiritual beauty of the Virgin of Nazareth, who at the Annunciation humbly calls herself God’s handmaiden. At the Visitation her kinswoman Elizabeth’s praise of her is immediately referred to Almighty God, Who has regarded her lowliness. Mary does not presume to issue her own orders to the servants at Cana, but quietly advises them to do whatever her Son tells them. On that first Friday which Christians call Good, she is at the foot of the Cross. At Pentecost we find her, not engaged in some private initiative, but in prayer alongside the Apostles and other disciples who await the promised Holy Spirit. Except for the very few times in the Gospels when the Lord’s Mother spoke, she is silent so that her Son, the Word made flesh, may speak.

Danny Toma’s brief, but rich, reflections on the origins, prayers, and mysteries of the Rosary offer both ancient and timely perspectives on God’s saving plan in Christ and the Blessed Virgin’s role in it. I recommend this little book as an aid to fruitful prayer and contemplation, but also as a resource for instruction and preaching on the mysteries of faith.